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Career Return on Investment

IIT offers significant financial assistance, up to full scholarships, room and board, for students in chemistry. Chemistry is the “central science,” and it’s a great springboard into many different careers. The American Chemical Society describes nearly 40 career possibilities. Whether you want to do research in a university, become a doctor or pharmacologist, work in energy or environment, food, or cosmetics, there is a path for you. See the following salary and and field growth chart for more information.

As this article explains, “The vast majority of science majors and practicing scientists are excelling in every major indicator of labor market success, in comparison to their peers.”

In May 2012, the median annual wage for chemists was $71,770. The median annual wage of materials scientists was $88,990 in May 2012.